Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Bill and Nancy Stanback, Cemala Foundation, Marion Stedman Covington Foundation, Educational Foundation of America, Foundation for the Carolinas and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Foundation, Amy Grissom and David Cohen and Ruth Ann Grissom, Robert Wilson Challenge Fund, and others. View a complete list of supporters.

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Local Examples Paint the Picture, continued...

Your examples (best when they include photographs) will strengthen the case that we make to the Legislature and the general public about why it is so important that we make this investment now.

Email your story to Marge Anders Limbert, Land for Tomorrow's outreach coordinator.

We have integrated sample projects into some of the county pages -- take a look at the following pages for examples: Camden, Lenoir, Pender, Alamance, Mecklenburg, Caldwell and Macon. And there are others -- you can also see the complete list of sample projects to give you an idea of what we're looking for.

Visit Land for Tomorrow's In The News web page for links to press coverage. Newspaper coverage this month includes:

• Raleigh News & Observer, Letter to the Editor, "Protect More Land" by Kate Dixon -- September 16, 2006
• Wilmington Star, Letter to the Editor, "Save It Or Lose It" by George Edwards -- September 9, 2006
• The Insider, Brief, "News Summary" -- September 7, 2006
  
• Durham Herald Sun, Article, "Land Bond Initiative Still Breathing" by Rob Shapard -- September 5, 2006
  
• Triad Business Journal, Guest Column, "State's Future Growth Depends on Conservancy's Success" by Charles Brummitt -- September 1, 2006

The Land and Water Conservation Study Commission will make recommendations to the 2007 legislature about how to increase land and water conservation funding in our state.

With two more appointments left to be made, the Commission will include the following individuals:

1. Sen. Charlie Albertson
2. Rep. Lucy Allen (co-chair)
3. Sen. Dan Clodfelter (co-chair)
4. Rep. Joe Hackney
5. Rep. Phil Haire
6. Rep. Pricey Harrison
7. Mike Leonard, Winston-Salem lawyer, serves on the Natural Heritage Trust Fund and on The Conservation Fund's Board of Directors
8. Secretary Bill Ross, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
9. Ms. Lisa Schneider, Office of the State Treasurer
10. Ms. Katherine Skinner, Executive Director of NC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
11. Sen. John Snow
12. Larry Tombaugh, Dean Emeritus of NC State University College of Natural Resources, Board Chair of NC Forestry Association
13. Rep. William Wainwright
14. Mr. David Womack, Greenville businessman

Land for Tomorrow will keep its Calendar of Events updated as the dates for the Study Commission meetings are established.

The deadline to register to vote in the November 7 Election is October 13. Who is elected this fall really matters. You can register to vote from the L4T website, and you can also look up information on your candidates near you (state and Federal races only).

When North Carolina's Legislature adjourned this year, time officially ran out for proposed legislation that would have put a $1 billion statewide land and water conservation bond referendum on the ballot this fall. It is disappointing that the bill, authorizing land and water conservation bonds, did not pass during this legislative session; however, the need is still dire and we must move forward to protect our state’s land, water and historic places.

The Legislature did establish a Land and Water Conservation Study Commission charged with recommending alternative funding sources for the plan to the 2007 General Assembly. The study commission will examine all options to help us protect North Carolina’s natural and historic beauty, and then make recommendations and report back no later than February 1, 2007.

We need to thank your Legislators for establishing this study commission, and ask them to act next year to provide $1 billion for land and water conservation. Take action today!